I love colour! Whether it’s the subtle colours that I can see in neutrals, the softness of pastels or the bright loud colours that make you smile. I love it all. I am so lucky that my job revolves around colour. The people who come into my showroom, immediately talk about colour when they enter without even realising. It might be that they say, “I want something to blend in with the colour of the walls, or my walls are blue so I want the curtains to have some blue in them”. Or even: “I have no idea what colour I want”. It is always the start of the conversation, which leads me to finding the perfect fabrics for their home.
Dulux colour of the year 2022 is Bright Skies
Farrow and Ball have just launched their Liberty’s range of colours that link in with the incredibly iconic Liberty’s prints and patterns.
And Little Greene have just launched their second collection of National Trust Wallpapers
The resources are all pointing us in the direction of the earthy tones of the past’s nature links. When I studied Design History at Guildford college, we were constantly being reminded of the links to nature. From Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s iconic flowers that are now replicated in fabrics to the colours that were used in different eras. Little Green has a wonderfully helpful page that categorizes the colours into different periods. We studied the Victorian and Regency colours a lot, looking at different rooms through history and how the colours were repeated.
Oranges are being requested a lot at the moment. This can be anything from the pinky tone of coral to the bright 60’s style marigold orange. Orange accents in a room can add so much warmth to your space and are such a good starting point to make your home cosy.
